Head got a huge holeshot, but lost traction before going 100 feet.
Cory Mac made another quick, clean, straight pass, but the engine started
eating itself on the top half of the run, the header flames getting
alternately taller and shorter on alternating sides of the engine and
melted pieces of engine visible as they came out the headers, like
shooting stars.

Rookie Schumacher got a surprising holeshot and then this turned
into a pedaling contest, which the rookie also won, getting the rear
tires hooked back up while the veteran Bernstein continued smoking the
tires. Then, in the lights, Schumacher's engine let go on a huge ball of
flame, the heat and infrared so intense that it stopped the clocks in both
lanes, so Bernstein's time is bogus and no speed was recorded in that
lane. Schumacher's left rear tire went flat from the shrapnel and the
rookie also did a good job of keeping the car straight and bringing it to
a stop so the Safety Safari could hose him down. He'll face Cory Mac in
the semifinals, Cory Mac with lane choice.

As Harry Carey said, "Holy Cow!" Doug Herbert turned in one of the
best runs of his career, and next to Scelzi he looked like he was backing
up! That was a visible extraordinary run, leaping past 325 mph and well
past 326. His prior runs back that up as the national speed record - one
even John Force will have trouble breaking. Scelzi meets Vandergriff next
round, with lane choice, of course.